There are currently no active Requests for Proposals.
OVERVIEW
Whitebark Institute is seeking timber contractors to implement forest health treatments including overstory and understory thinning services to support the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): ESCCRP Forest Health 2027 Units Project (Project). The purpose of the Pre-Request for Proposals is to allow Contractors to see the Project prior to the area being covered in snow.
The Project area is made up of seven project areas complications making up 556 acres (503 mandatory, 53 optional) in Mammoth Lakes, CA on Inyo National Forest (INF) lands.
The primary goal of the Project is to improve stand health – i.e., reduce forest density and improve residual tree vigor – and enhance community wildfire resilience by removing select live trees up to 30 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) and reducing the density of snags and surface fuel loads.
Contractors will be responsible for the removal and hauling of merchantable material from the Project area to a final destination or processing to biochar in some units (285 acres). In other units (271 acres), material will need to be piled or otherwise processed on-site and left within the Project area. Units will mainly be ground based mechanical operations (535 acres), with some tethered operations (21 acres). See appendices for details.
A field trip to visit the Project sites is scheduled for Wednesday October 14, 2026, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm. Enter email below to RSVP for this Pre RFP visit by October 12, 2026.
The day after the Whitebark Pre Bid Tour, on Thursday, October 15, 2026, the National Forest Foundation will host a Pre-Bid Tour for the Yucca Stewardship Project.
For more information about this project, please contact Meredith Sierra at msierra@nationalforests.org
Previous RFPs
OVERVIEW
The Whitebark Institute (WBI) is seeking timber contractors (Contractors) to implement forest health treatments including mechanical thinning to support the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): ESCCRP Shady Rest – Forest Health 2026 Units Project (Project), in Mammoth Lakes, CA on Inyo National Forest (INF) lands. This Project includes 557 acres and will require the removal of forest products from the Project area.
The primary goal of the Project is to improve stand health – i.e., reduce forest density and improve residual tree vigor – and enhance community wildfire resilience by removing select live trees up to 30 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) and reducing the density of snags and surface fuel loads. Contractors will be responsible for the removal and hauling of merchantable material from the Project area to a final destination. Non-merchantable material will be piled or otherwise processed on-site and left within the Project area.
Responses to this Request for Proposals (RFP) are due no later than 5:00PM (PDT) on January 20, 2026, via email to sarah@whitebarkInstitute.org
OVERVIEW
Whitebark Institute (WBI) is seeking timber contractors to implement forest health treatments including overstory and understory thinning services to support the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project (ESCCRP): ESCCRP Shady Rest – Forest Health 2026 Units Project (Project). The Project includes 557 acres in Mammoth Lakes, CA on Inyo National Forest (INF) lands. The purpose of the Pre-Request for Proposals (Pre-RFP) is to allow Contractors to see the Project prior to the area being covered in snow.
The primary goal of the Project is to improve stand health – i.e., reduce forest density and improve residual tree vigor – and enhance community wildfire resilience by removing select live trees up to 30 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) and reducing the density of snags and surface fuel loads. Contractors will be responsible for the removal and hauling of merchantable material from the Project area to a final destination. Non-merchantable material will be piled or otherwise processed on-site and left within the Project area.
Note: A field trip to visit the Project sites is scheduled for Friday, October 10, 2025, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm, weather permitting.
Please RSVP for this site visit to ESCCRP Project Manager Sarah Hoff sarah@whitebarkInstitute.org by October 8, 2025.
PRE-REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Shady Rest
APPENDIX B: Spec Table (Draft)